EAN: 9781529417982

VELVET WAS THE NIGHT - SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA KAR...

Mexico in the 1970s is a dangerous country  even for Maite  a secretary who spends her life
seeking the romance found in cheap comic books and ignoring the activists protesting around the
city. When her next-door neighbor  the beautiful art student Leonora  disappears under
suspicious circumstances  Maite finds herself searching for the missing woman-and journeying
deeper into Leonora's secret life of student radicals and dissidents. 'An amazing writer' S.A.
Cosby  bestselling author of Blacktop Wasteland and Razorblade Tears Mexico in the 1970s is a
politically fraught land  even for Elvis  a goon with a passion for rock 'n' roll who knows
more about kidney-smashing than intrigue. When Elvis is assigned to find Leonora  he begins a
blood-soaked search for the woman-and his soul. 'A page-turning read full of colour and action'
THE INDEPENDENT Swirling in parallel trajectories  Maite and Elvis attempt to discover the
truth behind Leonora's disappearance  encountering hitmen  government agents  and Russian
spies. Because Mexico in the 1970s is a noir  where life is cheap and the price of truth is
high. Velvet Was the Night: an edgy  simmering historical novel for lovers of smoky noirs and
anti-heroes.

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